A MOST AGREEABLE PASTIME
Video Games, Victorian Style
Tag: Amiga 500
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At first, it’s not obvious. A Piranha Bites RPG ditty looks nothing like the brilliantly bleak Blasphemous. But look a bit harder, then go down to the library and borrow any random Tintin, Asterix and Obelix, or Diabolik comic, and you’ll see that it they all have a certain je ne ses quoia that makes…
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Another year, another countdown, another birthday. And I’m boxing it all up, tying a nice little bow around it, and turning the ripe old age of 32 with a celebration of 32 BRILLIANT examples of FANTASTIC video game box art. Join me, won’t you? Pinball Fantasies (1992) – What makes this box art so special, you ask?…
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Another year, another countdown, another birthday. And I’m boxing it all up, tying a nice little bow around it, and turning the ripe old age of 32 with a celebration of 32 BRILLIANT examples of FANTASTIC video game box art. Join me, won’t you? Lemmings (1991) – Lemmings is probably the most influential and formative video games…
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Another year, another countdown, another birthday. And I’m boxing it all up, tying a nice little bow around it, and turning the ripe old age of 32 with a celebration of 32 BRILLIANT examples of FANTASTIC video game box art. Join me, won’t you? Blood Money (1989) – There is unique, nay unmatched, about some of the…
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Another year, another countdown, another birthday. And I’m boxing it all up, tying a nice little bow around it, and turning the ripe old age of 32 with a celebration of 32 BRILLIANT examples of FANTASTIC video game box art. Join me, won’t you? F/A-18 Interceptor (1988) – It may not be the most exciting box…
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Another year, another countdown, another birthday. And I’m boxing it all up, tying a nice little bow around it, and turning the ripe old age of 32 with a celebration of 32 BRILLIANT examples of FANTASTIC video game box art. Join me, won’t you? Faery Tale Adventure (1987) – I was shit scared of Faery Tale Adventure…
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The road to the top is a long and bloody one for Brutal Deluxe. Week after week the boys run out onto the field and pour their heart and soul into the game, putting their bodies on the line, all for a taste of that sweet Speedball victory. They may start as a bunch of…
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It’s that time of year again and I find myself racing toward another birthday and to the ripe-old age of 31. In celebration I thought why the hell not have a racing themed countdown – so here we are, counting down 31 racing games that have defined my enjoyment of the genre over the last 31…
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It’s that time of year again and I find myself racing toward another birthday and to the ripe-old age of 31. In celebration I thought why the hell not have a racing themed countdown – so here we are, counting down 31 racing games that have defined my enjoyment of the genre over the last 31…
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It’s that time of year again and I find myself racing toward another birthday and to the ripe-old age of 31. In celebration I thought why the hell not have a racing themed countdown – so here we are, counting down 31 racing games that have defined my enjoyment of the genre over the last 31…
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It’s that time of year again and I find myself racing toward another birthday and to the ripe-old age of 31. In celebration I thought why the hell not have a racing themed countdown – so here we are, counting down 31 racing games that have defined my enjoyment of the genre over the last 31…
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It’s that time of year again and I find myself racing toward another birthday and to the ripe-old age of 31. In celebration I thought why the hell not have a racing themed countdown – so here we are, counting down 31 racing games that have defined my enjoyment of the genre over the last 31…
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It’s that time of year again and I find myself racing toward another birthday and to the ripe-old age of 31. In celebration I thought why the hell not have a racing themed countdown – so here we are, counting down 31 racing games that have defined my enjoyment of the genre over the last 31…
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It’s that time of year again and I find myself racing toward another birthday and to the ripe-old age of 31. In celebration I thought why the hell not have a racing themed countdown – so here we are, counting down 31 racing games that have defined my enjoyment of the genre over the last 31…
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Or Americanized…. I never owned a Nintendo Entertainment System and in fact only knew a handful of people that did. But if you talk a stroll through the virtual pathways of the internet you’ll likely find hundreds if not thousands of Australian video game enthusiasts in their 30’s and beyond spouting their eternal and undying love…
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I’m waving goodbye to my 20′s and to celebrate I’m counting down 30 games from the last 30 years. Join me while I countdown 30 great years of game memories. Jaguar XJ220 Some would say Core Design’s Jaguar XJ220 is just a poor-man’s Lotus Turbo Esprit Challenge. Racing games were a different beast in the 90’s,…
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I’m waving goodbye to my 20′s and to celebrate I’m counting down 30 games from the last 30 years. Join me while I countdown 30 great years of game memories. Gobliiins Gobliiins was a charming point and click adventure puzzler released in 1990 by French Developer Coktel Vision. A charmingly funny game, it doesn’t rely so…
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I’m waving goodbye to my 20′s and to celebrate I’m counting down 30 games from the last 30 years. Join me while I countdown 30 great years of game memories. Murder It’s 1990 and the world is swept up in murder investigation fever as fan favourite Law and Order series begins its run and Clue Jr…
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I’m waving goodbye to my 20′s and to celebrate I’m counting down 30 games from the last 30 years. Join me while I countdown 30 great years of game memories. Xenon 2: Megablast Almost no developer says “Amiga 500” like the Bitmap Brothers. Responsible for some of the most well known games released over the…
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I’m waving goodbye to my 20′s and to celebrate I’m counting down 30 games from the last 30 years. Join me while I countdown 30 great years of game memories. Hybris I’m going to come off as some sort of scrolling shooter nut, and I assure you I’m not, but another game near and dear to…
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I’m waving goodbye to my 20′s and to celebrate I’m counting down 30 games from the last 30 years. Join me while I countdown 30 great years of game memories. Test Drive Before Don Mattrick was Don Mattrick CEO he was Don Mattrick game designer and one of the brains behind Canadian developer Distinctive Software.…
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There it sat, full of mould waiting for its next battle. It was a well made machine of war, having been to hell and back again and battled the most harsh and bloody opponents. But it was always ready, always standing to attention and willing to follow me into war. It was my Competition Pro.…
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We all talk about piracy now as it is this killer of consoles. For a while there it was the killer of the PC until steam came along. And then it was the killer of the PSP. Now people are all on about how it’s going to kill retail. Kill video games. Kill the world.…
A MOST AGREEABLE PASTIME 